12332368

Position Configuration Method, Terminal Device, and Network Device

PublishedJune 17, 2025
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1. A position configuration method performed by a first device, comprising: determining position configuration information, wherein the position configuration information comprises position shift information; determining a target position based on the position configuration information; and performing transmission based on the target position; the determining a target position based on the position configuration information comprises: determining a reference position; and performing shifting based on the reference position according to the position shift information, to determine the target position; wherein the position shift information comprises at least one of a first position shift or a second position shift; the first position shift is represented by Δshift, and the second position shift is represented by F1, wherein F1=N×ΔF, a value set of N is {−1, 0, 1}, ΔF is 5 kHz, and Δshift is 0 kHz or 7.5 kHz, wherein ΔF represents a target position shift, and N represents times of shift based on the target position shift.

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2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position shift information comprises a position shift value.

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3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: transmitting an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal based on the target position.

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4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the reference position comprises a position determined based on a position number, a channel raster, a synchronization raster, a global frequency domain raster, or predetermined granularity; and the position number comprises at least one of a new radio absolute radio frequency channel number (NR-ARFCN), an evolved universal terrestrial radio access absolute radio frequency channel number (E-ARFCN), a global synchronization channel number (GSCN), or a preset frequency domain position number; or wherein the reference position comprises at least one of: a position of a reference point A, a position of a carrier, a position of a bandwidth part (BWP), a channel raster, a position of a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB), a position of a reference signal (RS), a position of a resource grid, a position of a channel, a position of a subchannel, a radio frequency (RF) reference frequency, a position of a resource block (RB), a position of a resource pool, or a position of a measurement object.

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5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position shift information is N×5 kHz, 7.5 kHz, or 7.5 kHz+N×5 kHz.

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6. The method according to claim 1, wherein in a case that the first device is a terminal device, the determining position configuration information comprises at least one of the following: obtaining the position configuration information sent by a second device; determining the position configuration information based on a synchronization resource corresponding to a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB), wherein the position configuration information corresponds to the synchronization resource; determining the position configuration information by means of pre-configuration; or determining the position configuration information by means of protocol definition; or wherein in a case that the first device is a network device, the determining position configuration information comprises at least one of the following: obtaining the position configuration information sent by a second device; determining the position configuration information by means of pre-configuration; or determining the position configuration information by means of protocol definition.

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7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the target position comprises at least one of: a position of a reference point A, a position of a carrier, a radio frequency (RF) reference frequency, a position of a bandwidth part (BWP), a channel raster, a position of a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB), a position of a channel, a position of a subchannel, a position of a resource block (RB), a position of a resource pool, a position of a reference signal (RS), a position of a resource grid, a position of a subcarrier, a modulation position, an up-conversion position, or a position of a measurement object.

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8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position configuration information comprises further comprises position indication information used for indicating the target position, and granularity corresponding to the target position is higher than preset granularity.

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9. The method according to claim 1, wherein in a case that the target position is a target channel raster, the target channel raster is determined based on an integer multiple of a first preset gap and a second preset gap; and a value in a value set corresponding to the second preset gap comprises at least one of 0, a multiple of 5 kHz, a multiple of 10 kHz, or a multiple of 20 kHz.

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10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position configuration information comprises further comprises position indication information comprising at least one of a value of the target position or a number of the target position.

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11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position configuration information comprises further comprises position indication information, the method further comprises: sending position-related information to a third device in a case that a preset condition is met, wherein the position-related information comprises at least one of the position shift information, the position indication information, or the target position; and the preset condition comprises one of the following: a request for reporting a direct current (DC) position is obtained; a request for reporting the position-related information is obtained; a sidelink or an uplink is configured with a position shift; resource reconfiguration occurs; a bandwidth part (BWP) is switched; a resource pool is switched; a beam failure (BF) occurs; a radio link failure (RLF) occurs; beam failure recovery (BFR) occurs; or radio link failure recovery (RFR) occurs.

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12. A terminal device, comprising: a processor; and a memory storing a computer program that is capable of being run on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal device to: determine position configuration information, wherein the position configuration information comprises position shift information; determine a target position based on the position configuration information; and perform transmission based on the target position; wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal device to: determine a reference position; and perform shifting based on the reference position according to the position shift information, to determine the target position; wherein the position shift information comprises at least one of a first position shift or a second position shift; the first position shift is represented by Δshift, and the second position shift is represented by F1, wherein F1=N×ΔF, a value set of N is {−1, 0, 1}, ΔF is 5 kHz, and Δshift is 0 kHz or 7.5 kHz, wherein ΔF represents a target position shift, and N represents times of shift based on the target position shift.

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13. The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the reference position comprises a position determined based on a position number, a channel raster, a synchronization raster, a global frequency domain raster, or predetermined granularity; and wherein the position number comprises at least one of a new radio absolute radio frequency channel number (NR-ARFCN), an evolved universal terrestrial radio access absolute radio frequency channel number (E-ARFCN), a global synchronization channel number (GSCN), or a preset frequency domain position number; or wherein the reference position comprises at least one of: a position of a reference point A, a position of a carrier, a position of a bandwidth part (BWP), a channel raster, a position of a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB), a position of a reference signal (RS), a position of a resource grid, a position of a channel, a position of a subchannel, a radio frequency (RF) reference frequency, a position of a resource block (RB), a position of a resource pool, or a position of a measurement object.

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14. The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the position shift information is N×5 kHz, 7.5 kHz, or 7.5 kHz+N×5 kHz.

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15. A network device, comprising: a processor; and a memory storing a computer program that is capable of being run on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the network device to: determine position configuration information, wherein the position configuration information comprises position shift information; determine a target position based on the position configuration information; and perform transmission based on the target position; wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal device to: determine a reference position; and perform shifting based on the reference position according to the position shift information, to determine the target position; wherein the position shift information comprises at least one of a first position shift or a second position shift; the first position shift is represented by Δshift, and the second position shift is represented by F1, wherein F1=N×ΔF, a value set of N is {−1, 0, 1}, ΔF is 5 kHz, and Δshift is 0 kHz or 7.5 kHz, wherein ΔF represents a target position shift, and N represents times of shift based on the target position shift.

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16. The network device according to claim 15, wherein the position shift information is N×5 kHz, 7.5 kHz, or 7.5 kHz+N×5 kHz.

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June 17, 2025

Inventors

Siqi LIU
Zichao JI
Kai WU
Shuai ZHOU
Wen WANG

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